A randomized controlled trial assessing the effectiveness of strategies delivering low vision rehabilitation: Design and baseline characteristics of study participants

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 203-210

  Christy, Beula ^a,c   Keeffe, Jill E ^b,c   Nirmalan, Praveen K ^b,c   Rao, Gullapalli N ^a,c  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Vision Cooperative Research Center   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blindness and low vision; Effectiveness; Low vision rehabilitation; Outcome study; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HOME REHABILITATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFRACTION ERROR; REHABILITATION CENTER; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA DYSTROPHY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISION; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 77954846110     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09286586.2010.483752     Document Type: Article

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